Phishing Scams Targeting the UMN

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Phishing Example 68: Faculty and staff Email notification

Received September 2014

Message text:

From:
Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:06 AM
Subject: Faculty and staff Email notification
To:
Dear user,
We currently upgraded to 15GB space. Please log-in to your account in
order to validate
E-space. Your emails won't be delivered by our server, unless email account
is confirmed.
Click on Faculty and staff email confirmation
<hxxp://xxxxxxxx.tripod.com/> to confirm details of your
email account.
Note that failure to confirm your email with this notification, would lead
to dismissal of your
user account. Protecting your email account is our primary concern.
This has become necessary to serve you better.
Copyright �2014 IT Help Desk.
The information contained in this transmission contains privileged and
confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person
named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this
communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended
recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies
of the original message.
*CAUTION*: Intended recipients should NOT use email communication for
emergent or urgent health care matters.